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.\" keepalived(8)
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.\" Copyright (C) 2004 Joseph Mack
.TH keepalived 8 "Jan 2004"
.SH NAME
keepalived. \- keepalive demon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "/usr/sbin/keepalived [-n] [-f keepalived.conf] [-d] [-h] [-v]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B keepalived
The keepalived server implements the vrrpd routing demon 
which enables routing failover for a pair (or set) of routers 
(or LVS directors) 
and the keepalived demon which sets up and does the health checking 
of virtual services in a Linux Virtual Servier.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B --vrrp, -P
Only run the VRRP subsystem.
.TP
.B --check, -C 
Only run the healthchecker subsystem.
.TP
.B --dont-release-vrrp, -V    
leave (don't remove) VRRP VIPs & VROUTEs on daemon stop.
.TP
--dont-release-ipvs, -I    
Dont remove IPVS topology on daemon stop.
.TP
--dont-fork, -n
Dont fork the daemon process.
.TP
--use-file, -f keepalived.conf_file 
Use the specified configuration file.
.TP
--wdog-vrrp, -R
Define VRRP watchdog polling delay (default=5s)
.TP
--wdog-check, -H 
Define healthchecker's watchdog polling delay (default=5s)
.TP
--dump-conf, -d
Dump the configuration data.
.TP
--log-console, -l
Log messages to local console.
.TP
--log-detail, -D    
Detailed log messages (the default with the rc script provided).
.TP
--log-facility, -S    
0-7 Set syslog facility to LOG_LOCAL[0-7] (default=LOG_DAEMON)
.TP
--help, -h    
Display a short inlined help screen.
.TP
--version, -v    
Display the version number.

.SH FILES
.BR /etc/keepalived/keepalived.conf
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR keepalived.conf(5)
.SH AUTHORS
.br
Joseph Mack
.br
from inspection of the output of 
.I keepalived --help 
from keepalived-1.1.4
